Click – Onshore /Offshore Process Map – to download Zipped PowerPoint File.
Looking at some of the rankings on Google of some of my old posts it would appear over the last year that I have become one of the main critics of Scrum /Agile:-
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The excellent IT project management site gantthead has a great article by Tom L. Barnett, PMP. In 10 Undeniable Truths of Project Management Barnett outlines 10 points gleaned from the history of IT project management and presents them for new and used project managers to reference.
Some great tips are included, some you’ve probably seen in other lists, books, posts, articles, etc., and a few that might surprise you (or not, if you’re a seasoned, battle scarred or veteran PM):
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I rarely mention by name organisations who I have done business with in the past. However, today I want to mention a little known IT consultancy called Avanade. It is a company born out of a unique partnership between Microsoft and Accenture and is a global IT player specialising in the Microsoft platform. It is not Avanade’s undoubted technological expertise which fascinates me, its the organisations ability to deliver outstanding profitability to its shareholders and world-class delivery capability to its customers.
The pursuit of excellence is a means to an end for Avanade.
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Over the last couple of years, clients are increasingly requiring Earned Value Analysis (EVA) as part of our project progress /performance status reports. EVA is a very powerful project performance indicator, which is becoming more and more widely used.
The purpose of earned value analysis is to measure a project’s progress and help predict its outcome. Earned value analysis involves comparing a project’s actual progress to what the project was expected to achieve (as reflected in a baseline plan) at a specific point in the schedule /budget, and providing forecasts of this relationship going forward.
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How do you introduce risk & issue management into your project?
• Stage 1 Set-up a Project Organisation
- Designate a Project Sponsor
The first thing to do is designate someone as your project sponsor who will ultimately be responsible for the success or failure of the project, and as such will have authority over all the participants involved in the project, whether they are IT or business related professionals.
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